The cast of Prospect Theater Company's world-premiere production of Tamar of the River, featuring music and book by Marisa Michelson and a book and lyrics by Joshua H. Cohen — winners of the 2011 Jonathan Larson Grant — reunite in concert Sept. 22 at Musical Theater Factory.

Margo Seibert
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Proceeds from ticket sales of the 8 PM concert will be donated to Seeds of Peace. Reservations are $20, $35 for one reservation and a signed album or $50 for one reservation and three signed albums. To purchase, visit MusicalTheaterFactory.org.

The cast took to the recording studio March 31, and the album will be released by Yellow Sound Label Sept. 23. To pre-order, visit Amazon.com. For other theatrical merchandise, visit the Playbill Store.

The production officially opened Oct. 2, 2013, for a run through Oct. 20, 2013, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Also in the cast were Ako (Throne of Blood), Erik Lochtefeld (February House), Mike Longo (Hair), Vince B. Vincent (Geography of Loss), Jen Anaya, Adam Bashian, Margot Bassett, Troy Burton, Tamrin Goldberg, Mary Kate Morrissey, Jeremy Greenbaum (The Fantasticks) and Aaron Komo. For the album, they are joined by Patrick Cragin. Tamar of the River, according to PTC, "takes place in a war-torn world where the East and West are divided by a river red with blood. In this mythic landscape, one young woman is called to raise her voice. As Tamar sets out single-mindedly in pursuit of peace, she journeys to a foreign land, finding a new family and unexpected love. Inspired by the biblical story of Tamar, Cohen and Michelson bring to life an original new music theater work that illuminates the moral challenges inherent in the struggle for peace."

"Five years ago I was commissioned to conceive and write an original musical — just a few months before traveling to Neve Shalom (oasis of peace), a village co-founded by Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinian Arabs to demonstrate that the two peoples could live and work together peacefully," said composer and co-book writer Marisa Michelson in an earlier statement. "Neve Shalom was physically beautiful, emotionally moving, and spiritually inspiring. Our story has its roots in the book of Genesis, but the realities of today's world serve as contextual soil out of which the aesthetic, tone, and urgency of our story has grown."

Lyricist and co-book writer Joshua H. Cohen added, "While Tamar of the River is intended to be a universal tale, rather than an allegory for any specific national conflict, it draws its milieu from the landscape of violence that seems to stretch forever in all directions, past and future -- and its inspiration from the small acts of hope and bravery undertaken by people on both sides of conflict, every day."